Hybrid Transformation Business Partner

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About the role

  • Transformation Business Partner at Unilabs Netherlands overseeing financial governance in post-merger integrations and strategic transformations. Role includes overseeing PMI activities and supporting the Transformation Office with financial insights.

Responsibilities

  • The Transformation Business Partner plays a critical role in supporting Unilabs Netherlands during periods of post-merger integration (PMI) and strategic transformation.
  • The role is responsible for ensuring robust financial governance over transformation initiatives, tracking savings and value creation, and acting as a key finance business partner to the Transformation Office.
  • The position combines classic controlling responsibilities with a strong forward-looking, change-oriented focus, enabling management to make fact-based decisions and ensuring that transformation benefits are transparently tracked, realized, and sustained.
  • Provide financial oversight and control for PMI activities, including integration costs, synergies, and one-off restructuring items.
  • Establish and maintain clear financial tracking of PMI-related benefits and risks.
  • Support the preparation of PMI business cases and monitor actuals versus plan.
  • Ensure alignment with Unilabs Group PMI standards, policies, and reporting requirements.
  • Act as the dedicated finance partner to the Transformation Office, supporting strategic initiatives across operations, commercial, and support functions.
  • Translate transformation initiatives into measurable financial targets and KPIs.
  • Challenge assumptions, validate business cases, and provide scenario and sensitivity analyses.
  • Support prioritization of initiatives based on financial impact and feasibility.
  • Design, implement, and maintain a structured savings tracking framework covering cost savings, efficiency gains, and revenue improvements.
  • Track savings from identification through validation, realization, and run-rate sustainability.
  • Reconcile reported savings with financial results (P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow).
  • Ensure transparency and auditability of savings reporting.
  • Act as a trusted financial advisor to transformation leads, functional heads, and senior management.
  • Provide actionable insights to support decision-making and performance improvement.
  • Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between Finance, Transformation Office, and operational teams.
  • Communicate complex financial topics clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
  • Prepare high-quality reporting for local management and Group, including dashboards, executive summaries, and deep-dive analyses.
  • Support monthly closing activities related to transformation and PMI items.
  • Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting standards, and Unilabs Group policies.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
  • >10 years of relevant experience in controlling, finance business partnering, or consulting or M&A
  • Proven experience in PMI, transformation, restructuring, or large change programs.
  • Strong track record in savings tracking, business case development, and value realization.
  • Experience in a complex, matrix-driven, international organization is preferred.
  • Strong analytical and financial modeling skills.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Ability to challenge constructively and influence at senior levels.
  • Highly structured, detail-oriented, and results-driven.
  • Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-changing environment.
  • Proactive, independent, and able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
  • Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
  • Experience with ERP systems and BI/reporting tools (e.g. SAP, Power BI) is an advantage.

Benefits

  • A market-competitive salary, based on the Hospital Collective Labour Agreement (CAO Ziekenhuizen), including 8.33% holiday allowance and an 8.33% year-end bonus;
  • Employment conditions in accordance with the Hospital Collective Labour Agreement (CAO Ziekenhuizen), including 63 PLB hours, an excellent pension scheme, travel allowance, etc.;
  • Unilabs actively supports training and development, combined with a coaching program with your manager. In addition, Unilabs offers extensive growth and development opportunities, for example towards senior finance leadership or commercial executive roles, both domestically and internationally;
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  • A beautiful, state-of-the-art office in Amsterdam with excellent accessibility and a pleasant working environment, as well as the possibility to work from home. A minimum of three days per week in the office is required.

Job title

Transformation Business Partner

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Experience level

SeniorLead

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Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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